Share your accidents and close-calls so others can learn from them?

A couple of weeks ago i was routing a curved piece of 3/4 MDF on the
router table for a form. i was wearing goggles and told my son to
leave the workshop until i was done. the edge caught the bit and i
let go.... the bit grabbed along the entire length of the heavy piece,
accelerating it and shooting it accros the room into a radiator cover
i was working on. the impact was as loud as a shotgun, and knocked
the radiator cover off the workbench with tremendous force. it was
scary and a reminder of what can happen. i was able to fix the damage
on the radiator cover, and will make sure my son is always out of
harms way.....maybe my wife would like to hang out in the workshop
next time ;)

Posted by Bill on August 10, 2007, 11:11 am

The problem I see with accidents and the young people around here, is they
do not want to follow rules. Any rules!

The respect they get from their friends grows with the severity of the
accidents they have. The worse the accident, the more "respect" they get
from their "friends".

Their thinking is: Don't read any rules. Don't follow any rules. Do the
opposite!

What they don't understand is that many rules/laws are in place to protect
THEM. This is advice handed down from others who have had accidents or by a
community which wants to prevent such accidents from occurring in the
future.

I'm talking about safety rules in the front of instruction manuals, OSHA
rules, driving laws/rules, building code rules, etc.

No one ever thinks about WHY rules/laws were created in the first place. Why
it says to wear safety goggles. Why there is a speed limit. Why you should
wear a safety harness when working high up. Etc.

Actually these rules/laws are a detailed history of accidents which have
happened in the past. So when it says to wear eye protection, this is
because someone has used that piece of equipment in the past and had an eye
injury. Or the electrical code says to do your wiring in a certain manner -
well someone died in the past or was electrocuted because the wiring was not
done in this manner.

So these young people can start their lives by reading and following
rules/laws. Or they can place their lives in the hands of Darwin... (In my
area, Darwin has claimed the lives of 3 young people already this summer.)
Needless...

Posted by willshak on August 10, 2007, 1:14 pm

on 8/10/2007 11:11 AM Bill said the following:

> The problem I see with accidents and the young people around here, is they

> do not want to follow rules. Any rules!

> The respect they get from their friends grows with the severity of the

> accidents they have. The worse the accident, the more "respect" they get

> from their "friends".

> Their thinking is: Don't read any rules. Don't follow any rules. Do the

> opposite!

> What they don't understand is that many rules/laws are in place to protect

> THEM. This is advice handed down from others who have had accidents or by a

> community which wants to prevent such accidents from occurring in the

> future.

> I'm talking about safety rules in the front of instruction manuals, OSHA

> rules, driving laws/rules, building code rules, etc.

> No one ever thinks about WHY rules/laws were created in the first place. Why

> it says to wear safety goggles. Why there is a speed limit. Why you should

> wear a safety harness when working high up. Etc.

> Actually these rules/laws are a detailed history of accidents which have

> happened in the past. So when it says to wear eye protection, this is

> because someone has used that piece of equipment in the past and had an eye

> injury. Or the electrical code says to do your wiring in a certain manner -

> well someone died in the past or was electrocuted because the wiring was not

> done in this manner.

> So these young people can start their lives by reading and following

> rules/laws. Or they can place their lives in the hands of Darwin... (In my

> area, Darwin has claimed the lives of 3 young people already this summer.)

> Needless...

All kids are immortal and immune to things that happen to other people.

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

Posted by Doug Miller on August 10, 2007, 2:15 pm

>All kids are immortal and immune to things that happen to other people.

My son (just turned 16) received a painful reminder of his own mortality from
a lawnmower at the end of June:

http://www.milmac.com/MangledShoe.jpg <WARNING: not for the faint of heart>

Fortunately, he wasn't badly hurt, and has almost completely recovered. His
left big toe is about 1/4" shorter than it used to be; other than that, he's
fine, and has been playing soccer again for a couple weeks now.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Posted by B A R R Y on August 10, 2007, 2:28 pm

Doug Miller wrote:

> Fortunately, he wasn't badly hurt, and has almost completely recovered. His

> left big toe is about 1/4" shorter than it used to be; other than that, he's

> fine, and has been playing soccer again for a couple weeks now.

I didn't look, thanks for the warning. It's good to hear he's OK!
Lawnmowers can do ugly things.

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